menial meaning in English
adj.
奴性的，卑下的；奴仆的，仆人的。
n.
奴仆；卑下[奴性]的人。
adv.
-ly
奴仆似地，奴颜婢膝地。
Examples
- It delighted him to perform menial offices .
履行仆人的职责使他心花怒放。 - She hated such menial tasks as washing the pots and pans .
她憎恶洗锅擦盘之类低贱的工作。 - Hurstwood is hired by a different hotel to do menial jobs .
赫斯特伍德却在另一家旅馆里打杂。 - Did he gain his precarious bread by some petty trade, by menial toil, by violence, or by theft ?
他究竟是在做小生意，当奴仆，还是靠打家劫舍来获得朝不保夕的口粮呢？ - He ' ll take anything , even a menial kitchen job
他愿意做任何事，甚至是厨房里的杂役。